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May 2, 2018

Twelve (12) students and three (3) teachers from Sekolah Menengah Pengiran Isteri Hajjah Mariam (SMPIHM), Serasa represent Brunei Darussalam to Singapore as part of the School Twinning Programme (STP). The delegates flew to Singapore on Tuesday, 01stMay 2018 to start the five days immersion and observation programme to Boon Lay Secondary School, Singapore as part of the first cycle of STP.

The delegate is led by Cikgu Elmie Faizal bin Haji Amdan, Deputy Principal of SMPIHM.

School Twinning Programme (STP) is a joint working group between the Ministry of Education of Brunei and Singapore since 2006. This programme involves the exchange of students, teachers and administrators for two cycles within a period of 4 years. The goals of STP is to strengthen the relationship at the school level between the two countries where teachers can share ideas and experiences on educational matter relevant to current and future needs. Besides that, this programme also gives opportunity to the students to gain knowledge and experiences with their counterpart by enhancing their knowledge about Singapore through the class immersion and activities when they interact with Boon Lay’s students.